Coin-separator.



w. B. PURT. COIN SEPARATOR. APPLICATION FILED AUGJI. l9l7.

Patented Mar. 26,1918.

N cm W l #1 TTORNEVS WILLIAM BENNETT PURT, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

GOIN-SEPARATOIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

Application filed August 21, 1917. Serial No. 187 ,472.

T0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. Pour, a citizen .of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Coin-Separator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a coin separating device and has for an object the provision of an improved construction whereby coins of any kind, in certain limits, may be inserted through a single opening and caused to be properly segregated into their respective places.

Another object in view is to provide a separating device especially adapted for conductors, or other persons collecting coins which will receivesubstantially any coin and automatically distribute the coin to a proper container therefor.

A still further object in view is to provide a coin separating device in which a plurality of tubes or containers are provided for the difi'erentsize coins and a distributing chute for receiving the different coins and causing a distribution thereof by the action of gravity.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a separating device embodying the invention. 7

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1 with the upper plate removed.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through Fig. 1 approximately on line 33.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through Fig.

2 on line 4-4.

Fig. 5 shows a detail fragmentary perspective view of the upper part of a coin chute disclosing certain features of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates an outside casing which may have hooks or other means connected therewith so as to fasten to a coat or other garment of a conductor, or sup orted at any suitable place. The deviceis or the lecting use of conductors on street cars or those colcoins more or less frequently, or it maybe used to advanta e for other purposes in order to quickl and accurately separate coins of diflerent enominations. Connected with the casin 1 is an upper protectin plate 2 and a ower guiding plate 3, sai

chute so as to enter any of the various containers 4 to 7 inclusive. In case foreign money is to be used, which is of a difierent size from the money used in the United States, the containers 4 to 7 and also the separating mechanism could be changed to be of proper size for accommodating such coins without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As shown more particularly in Figs. 2, 4 and 5 the bottom plate 3 is provided with an aperture 9 for each of the containers,

- said aperture being substantially a half disk on the lower part, namely the part nearest to the guide rail 10 and merging into What may be termed a mouth 11 into which coins pass as shown in Fig. 5. Upper guide rails 12, 13 and 14 are provided, guide rail 12 being of such width as to prevent anything larger than a. ten cent piece from entering the first opening 9, while the same is beveled for allowing five cent pieces and larger pieces to pass thereover. A five cent piece would pass over the guard 12, but would pass between the guard 13 and the opening 9 was to enter the second opening 9. It will be understood that by reason of the restricted spaces between the plates 2 and 3 as shown in Fig. 1 the various coins move down the plate 3 flatwise, consequently when the turned up section 15 adjacent each aperture 9 is engaged the coin will be forced through the opening 9 into its container. The turned up section 15 is above the corresponding space on the opposite side of the mouth 11, but is not as high as the next adjacent guard rail 13 and 14 as shown in Fig. 4, whereby a five cent piece strikin the beveled end of the rail 12 will go rlght over said rail and also over the raised portion 15 so as to enter the opening 9 provided therefor. A twenty five cent piece will go right over the guard rails 12 and 13 but will be guided by the bar 14 into the third opemng 9. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the guard ra l 10 is at the lower side of the plate 3 and said plate is at an angle so that though the coins engage the plate 3 fiatwise they also roll on the rail 10 and thereby enter the various open s provided. The last opening 9 is preferab y round as it receives the largest coin which could not possibly enter any of the other openings. The various containers 4 to? may be made in any desired way, preferably with a central opening 16 and a side slot 17 whereby the coins in the container may be slightly raised and forced out one at a time through slot 17 whenever desired. By the construction and arrangement described a quantity of coins of IIllS- cellaneous denominations may be dropped into the hopper 8, as they move down the coin chute formed by plates 2 and 3 a separation thereof will occur. In case the coins do not move down properly the device will be moved back and forth slightly so as to shake the coins and cause the same to move down the chute.

What I claim is: I

1. A coin separatorcomprising a plate acting as a coin slide, said plate having a plurality of openings of different sizes, a

- container arranged below each of said openings, said openings being in such a posltion as to allow the coins passing therethrough measure to drop by gravity into said receptacles, a

guard rail arranged on the lower edge of said openings being substantially in a 11011- zontal plane, and a guide member for each of said openings arranged on the side of said plate opposite said guide rail for preventing the large size coins from attempting to enter the openings for coins of the next smaller size.

2. A coin separator comprisin a plurality of containers, a slide plate aving an opening arranged above each of said containers, an overlapping upwardly curved section at each opening, each of said openings being provided with a slot or mouth extending therefrom, a bar extending over each of said mouths, said bars-being beveled and overlapping each other both lonlaterally whereby coins of gitudinally and different sizes are crowded to one side of said bars so that the smallest coin is caused to enter the first opening and the next larger coin the second opening and so on.

WILLIAM BENNETT PURT. 

